US Patent Issued to Agilent Technologies on Feb. 25 for "Sample injection with fluidic connection between fluid drive unit and sample accommodation volume" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,248, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Sample injection with fluidic connection between fluid drive unit and sample accommodation volume" was invented by Daniel Thielsch (Straubenhardt/Ottenhausen, Germany), Thomas Ortmann (Straubenhardt/Ottenhausen, Germany) and Sam Wouters (Karlsruhe/Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injector, for injecting a fluidic sample into a flow path between a fluid drive and a sample separation unit, includes a sample accommodation volume, a sample drive, and a fluidic valve switchable to selectively couple the volume with the fl...